Leonardo SpA (FINMF) said Wednesday that Italian industries companies signed a statement of intent with U.K. defense firms to partner on future air-combat systems. The companies--which include BAE Systems PLC (BAESF), Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (RYCEF) from the U.K. and Leonardo, Elettronica, Avio SpA and MBDA from Italy--will work on a program named Tempest aiming at developing air combat systems. The statement of intent follows the U.K. and Italian governments' commitment to work more closely on...

Equinor ASA (EQNR) said Wednesday that a team of over 200 personnel are working on its relief effort in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian passed through the island last week, causing an oil spill at one of its terminals. The Norwegian oil company's South Riding Point oil storage and transshipment terminal on Grand Bahama island received damage to some of its tanks, causing oil spills on land, but the company said that both aerial and ground surveillance found no oil leakage in the sea.

Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Wednesday: FACEBOOK (FB). The Facebook-led Libra cryptocurrency project is seeking a payment system license under Swiss financial watchdog FINMA, it said on Wednesday, spelling out in more detail how it hopes to be regulated. COMPANY STATEMENTS.

Japanese government bond prices fell on Wednesday, following a recent global bond sell-off, as optimism toward U.S.-China trade talks and moves in Britain to avoid a messy exit from the European Union boosted risk appetite. Benchmark 10-year JGB futures fell 0.27 point to 154.40, with a trading volume of 19,232 lots.

* Graphic: World FX rates in 2019 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh. * Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote http://tmsnrt.rs/2hwV9Hv. By Olga Cotaga. Sterling was stable on Tuesday as investors kept their hands off the British currency given that the risk of Britain crashing out of the European Union without a divorce deal on Oct. 31 remained high.

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